🐋
Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Marine mammals · Endangered
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
41,558 views between them.
Blue whale outweighs Grey wolf 5100× — 149,000 kg against 29.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
149,000 kg
🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐋 Blue whale
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
30 m
🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐋 Blue whale
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🐋 Blue whale
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
110 yr
🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.
Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).